Personnel

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John Borg
Professor
John.Borg@Marquette.edu

Professor Borg's primary area of research involves shock physics phenomenology, which includes dynamic material behavior in strain rates up to 106 s-1. His recent work has focused on meso-scale simulations, deriving constitutive relations and equations of state suitable for heterogeneous energetic, granular or foam materials undergoing shock compression events. He has also performed extensive studies in areas of shock driven liquid breakup phenomenology. He has authored or coauthored over 45 journal, peer reviewed conference or government technical reports related to various aspects of shock physics phenomenology. He has spend summers working at Sandia National Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratroy, Eglin FL and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory.




Post-Docs

Name Years Main Project
Ivy Jones 2018-2019 Pyrometry
Janaka Kosgolla 2015-16 Dynamic Consolidation


Graduate Students

Student Graduation Date Thesis/Dissertation
Truman Russell MS - May 2024 TBA
Jack Borg MS - May 2021 TBA
Chris Johnson PhD - May 2021 Micromechanics of Additively Manufactured Materials UnderDynamic Loading
Emilie Teitz MSME May 2016 Characterization of the Shock Wave Structure in Water
Peter Sable PhD-ME Ex. May 2019 MSME May 2016 Ramifications of Projectile Velocity on the Ballistic Dart Penetration of Sand
Jeff Lajeunesse PhD-ME May 2018 MSME May 2015 Implications of Heterogeneity in the Shock Wave Propagation of Dynamically Shocked Materials
Logan Beaver MSME May 2017 A Parametric Investigation and Optimization of a Cylindrical Explosive Charge
Nathaniel Helminiak MSME May 2017 Construction and Characterization of a Single Stage Dual Diaphragm Gas Gun
Merit Schumaker MSME May 2015 A Study of Mesoscale Simulations for Planar Shock Experiments on Heterogeneous Granular Materials
Longhao Huang PhD-ME May 2017 MSME Sept. 2013 Numerical Simulation Model on Irreversibility of Shock-Wave Process
Andrew Van Voreen MSME August 2013 A Multi-Scale Approach To A Greater Understanding Of The Behavior Of Heterogeneous Materials Under Dynamic Loading
Cullen Braun MSME August 2011 One-Dimensional Strain Initiated by Rapid Compaction of a Heterogenous Granular Mixture Consisting of Cu, Fe, SiO2, C, MoS2, and Sn
Ken Jordan PhD - ME August 2011 Direct Numeric Simulation Of Shock Wave Structures Without The Use Of Artificial Viscosity
Aaron Ward MSME December 2011 Investigation of Aluminum Equation of State Generation
Michael Morrissey MSME Dec. 2009 The Aerodynamics of the Knuckleball Pitch: An Experimental Investigation into the Effects that the Seam and Slow Rotation have on a Baseball
Drew Fraser MSME Dec. 2009 Mesoscale behavior of an aluminum-manganese dioxide-epoxy mixture under shock loading: from milli to nano-sized aluminum particles
Andrew Lloyd MSME May 2006 The Static and Dynamic Compaction Characteristics of Porous Silica Powder: An Experimental and Numerical Approach
Thomas Downs MSME May 2005 The Development of a Single Stage Light Gas Gun and Velocity Measurement System


Undergraduate Students

Student Graduation Date
Alex Dawson BSME May 2017 and 2018
Steven Snider BSME May 2018
Lauren McMullen BSME May 2018
Ashley Hatzenbihler BSME May 2016
Elise Hahn BSEE May 2015
Nathaniel Helminiak BSME May 2014
David Helminiak BSEE May 2014
John Traxler BSME May 2014
Trent Wolff BSME May 2013
Nathaniel Helminiak BSME May 2013
Rebecca Jaeger BMME May 2013
Tara Ortner CEME May 2013
Jacquelyn Rank BSME May 2013
Jonathan Sobeck BSME May 2011
Jeff Midday BSME May 2009
Stacey Erdmann BSME Spring 2008
Cheryl Perich BSME Spring 2008
Andrew Dolder BSME December 2006
Matthew Opgenorth BSME May 2005